Ashley Allison
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And if you never return to why, then I know that you ain't learning nothing.
Because there's a situation going on right now with Kasanet, where he's being public about his... He's trying to learn.
He's trying to learn how to speak better.
He understands that it'll require him to read.
And he also understands how...
how bad he is at literacy at this point.
I wouldn't say he's illiterate, but you know, he has work to do.
And during his reading, he's coming across words that he doesn't recognize and he's using the dictionary.
And then he's also using, figuring out how to use it in a sentence and what it really means.
And people are like, see, I told you all these niggas would be done.
It's like, no, this is actually, this is actually,
amazing amazing no this is what needs to be happening a thesaurus a dictionary your best friend that's right and also like being studious enough to stop and go look right yeah this is these are this is a great example this is great and it's never too late it's never too late and it's also only people that will criticize that are people who probably are at or below his reading level that's right you know and because it takes a certain amount of bravery to admit you don't know yeah but also this is the pathway to intelligence but you know what though
That's what goes back to our first point about shutting that gate.
You want to close the gate.
Time and time again.
And he has enough personality.
And he has another level of intelligence that may not be rewarded in society.